Delong

Chapter 257: He Ge Xing (11)

Zhang Xing didn't shake hands and say goodbye, not because he became a leader of the left wing, but because in this military and political environment, it is not a big deal to vote with the other party's identity and standpoint, but it is the other party who is so enthusiastic and so enthusiastic. The extreme speed and impassionedness made Zhang Dalong's head a little bit drummed, and on the contrary, he had some doubts about how high the speculative element of the other party was.

Of course, it is necessary to allow others to speculate, and the key to the problem is to distinguish between rewards and punishments, and to strive to build an upward channel that is sufficiently accessible and fair for everyone that has been repeatedly lamented recently.

If you do this, it doesn't matter whether you shake hands or not, and whether you speculate or not.

As for why I always shook hands with my closest relatives before, even knowing that some people hesitate to speculate, this is another logic.

It’s like falling in love and getting married. When we’re in love, we rush towards each other or have wishful thinking. At this time, we make some actions that exceed the standard, and it will become a reality in the future. It’s the same as the scene of waiting for myself in the rain; but when you get married, you have to face the real interests and life, and you need daily necessities. It is good to be romantic and unforgettable, but you can live a lifetime without it. When the two parties grow old together, they will be as plain as water.

Turning back to the present, since Tang Bairen has come, Zhang Xing has also opened his mouth to say hello, so no matter whether he is a rich man or has both talent and virtue, the follow-up drama must be given enough.

As a result, the two entered the county government office and turned to the backyard. Everyone else dispersed. Only the two sat opposite each other at the stone table in the gazebo under the blue sky and white sun. Zhang Dalong immediately made a promise—as long as the other party operates properly, To ensure that Liang's father can hand over peacefully, then the guarantee will recommend a leader position to the other party after the Second Eastern Expedition is over.

Moreover, at that time, whether the other party wants to lead the army or manage the people, they can respect it.

In addition, depending on the performance of the other party in other jobs, the other party will be properly allowed to recommend some suitable candidates to serve as the local helmsman, deputy helmsman, or other mid-level officers, as well as gang deacons and guardians.

This is a very high reward and reward.

Because the other party only has one county, the corresponding one is only the rudder leader of the Dragon Gang here.

However, after listening to Zhang Xing's words, Tang Bairen had a strange expression on his face.

"What's wrong?" Zhang Xing asked seriously. "Where is it inappropriate?"

"It's a bit inappropriate." Tang Bairen thought for a while, wiped off the sweat that hadn't dried off his face, and acted seriously. "From my point of view, Mr. Zhang is too kind to me. I am just the third leader of a motley rebel army. He had nothing to rely on before he dethroned the army of the Dragon Gang. Even Liangfu County took advantage of Mr. Zhang's victory in Lishan. It took less than a month to take advantage of the situation... At first, I thought that a helmsman was considered Zhang Gongda, how could he become a leader? I also know the system of the Dragon Clan, and I also know the value of a leader... so How can you feel at ease after accepting it? Who can be convinced?"

"So?" Zhang Xing asked with great interest. "Are you going to decline?"

"Of course not." The man shook his head immediately. "Since I know the value and rarity of the position of leader, how can I give up easily? What I mean is that I ask Mr. Zhang to give orders, whether it is difficult, cumbersome, or if it is a desperate matter... I am willing to do my best and make meritorious deeds, so that Zhang Gong's kindness can be taken seriously, so that other people in the gang can be convinced."

"Is there anything you want to do?" Zhang Xing continued to ask, and he didn't seem too surprised. This may be because he had expected it, or it may be that this statement is not worthwhile to him.

"I can offer you all the three counties led by the Guishan Army." Tang Bairen hurriedly said.

Zhang Xing's face remained unchanged, and he immediately shook his head: "What is this?"

Tang Bairen's heart skipped a beat, but he didn't dare to say anything.

"Boss Tang, you have already said it yourself. The Guishan army is just a motley crew of rebels, and they are nothing in front of our army of the Dragon Sect." Zhang Xing pressed the stone table in front of him, speaking with sincerity. "Do you think we haven't marched temporarily because of lack of troops, or fear of casualties? Actually, to tell you the truth, I just discussed with several other big bosses in Dongping County a few days ago and suppressed their proposal to march... the reason is that I I always thought that this Eastern Expedition is not only about occupying territory and expanding the force of troops, but more importantly, taking root in the new territory, so rather than rushing forward, I would like to see the Dragon Gang in these counties Establish an effective rule. And I very much hope that this process will not cause too much turmoil, displace the people, stagnate production, and damage people's livelihood."

"I'm confused." Tang Bairen finally became uneasy and just rubbed his hands behind the table. "If you think about what happened to Lin Chang, you should know that Zhang Gong is not an ordinary person, and he has great benevolence and righteousness in his heart. But I don't know, what else can I do in this case? To protect the craftsmen of the three counties, or to persuade Guishan to surrender The other three leaders of the army? But what are these? They don’t have the face to show their merits in front of Mr. Zhang.”

"There are two things you can choose." Zhang Xing finally thought about it, and finally became serious. "As far as I know, the Guishan Army actually originated in Langya County, and the rebel army in Langya County, Ludong, and the southeast of Qi County all have some connections with the original Zhishi Army?"

"Yes." Tang Bairen nodded quickly. "Wang Hou Zhishilang was the first one in the world to call out to kill the tyrant, and he pulled up the flag in Langya. At that time, the deserters from the three expeditions, and the surrounding states and counties, all carried the banner of the Zhishi Army. Of course, there is an origin. It is because Zhishijun was defeated by Zhang Xuguo several times before, and he was able to recover quickly, because many people around him used his name in name, and he walked around Langya, and he was able to pull people together again. Our Guishan The leader of the army, he had been the nine masters under Wang Hou's command before."

"Then, can you use Guishan Army's relationship in Langya to buy grain in Xuzhou, Donghai, or even Jiangdu?" At this point, Zhang Xing made an unexpected suggestion.

Tang Bairen thought for a while, then shook his head again and again: "Difficult! I know that Mr. Zhang refers to the grain from Jiangdong and Jianghuai collected around Jiangdu, and it was indeed possible to trade in the past, but after the Lishan War, perhaps he was afraid of Mr. Zhang's power. , No private large ships are allowed on the Huai River, nor is the sea route. If you have to buy grain...Take the sea route to Dongyi is a way, but it is too far, it is better to go to Dengzhou to connect to Dongyi."

Zhang Xing sighed on the spot when he heard half of it, but after hearing Dongyi's way, his spirit suddenly lifted.

Seeing this situation, Tang Bairen finally couldn't bear it anymore: "Mr. Zhang, are we really short of food?"

"There is no shortage at this time." Zhang Xing simply told the truth. "But there will definitely be shortages in the future, and there will be shortages in the whole world, especially in the East and Hebei...because all the big warehouses are located around the East Capital, and the Great Master is watching, no one dares to move, and the world is already in chaos. Come on, the crops in the field are left unattended, and the harvest is bound to decrease... This year is the first year, and the shortage of food has not yet become apparent, but what about next year and the year after that? Do we expect the imperial court to sell us grain for the rebels? Last year The northern Jin Dynasty was chaotic for a season because of the siege of the Wu clan, and there was no harvest. As a result, this year, the land was starved and starved. Taiyuan was unwilling to save it, and the local area did not release food.

Tang Bairen thought about it for a while, and he couldn't argue for a while, but he could only try to explain: "I am ashamed."

"What is there to be ashamed of..." Zhang Xing laughed. "It's just off-topic."

Hearing this, Tang Bairen cheered up again, and hurriedly cupped his hands on the table: "Mr. Zhang, you said there are two things, and what is the other thing?"

Zhang Xing nodded and continued: "As I said before, it is one thing to advance eastward this time, to enter the states and counties along the Jishui River, and it is also one thing to take it down with as little trouble as possible... And this Inside, if the military pressure up to Qi County is not great, then Dengzhou is hard to say, and those three families rebelled earlier than the Dragon Clan, with tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of people."

Tang Bairen felt a sudden awakening, and immediately stood up and cupped his hands: "Mr. Zhang, I am willing to go to Dengzhou to work as an intermediary, and separate Sun, Gao, and Wang from the three families!"

Zhang Xingduan didn't move, just nodded: "It's great if you're willing to do it, and it's okay if you don't want to. Since you've rushed over today, I'll always have you as the leader here."

"Mr. Zhang was joking." Tang Bairen was relieved instead. "It's still the same sentence, if I don't have some decent credit, I won't be able to take this leader, and I may not dare to treat him as a real leader."

Zhang Xing smiled and said no more: "Then go back as soon as possible, and don't let too many people know that you have been here."

Tang Bairen immediately turned around and wanted to leave.

But the man walked seven or eight steps, turned back again, and clasped his hands again in the pavilion: "Please write another letter, Mr. Zhang."

Zhang Xing was stunned for a moment, then laughed again: "Who is it for?"

"Zhang Gongming Jian." Tang Bairen was also taken aback for a moment, and then smiled. "Please ask Mr. Zhang to write a letter to Zhishilang Wang Hou, agreeing to drive Sun Gao and the two back to Hebei with him, and guarantee that Langya will return to Zhishijun afterward."

Zhang Xing nodded, without ink, immediately went to get a pen and paper, and wrote on the spot.

After a while, the letter was written and fingerprinted, and after thinking about it, he called for someone to fetch the seal of Jiyin County Sheriff, which he seized and used frequently, stamped it on the spot, and handed it over to the other party. Ren didn't say much, and left directly.

After they had left for a quarter of an hour, Wang Xiongdan and Bing Yuanzheng turned back, Zhang Xing didn't mention this at all, but just asked them.

Only then did Zhang Xing know the whole story.

It turned out that Liu Fan, the tyrannical man guarding the gold mine, had no reaction at the time after he was executed, and the two of them were ready to turn back, but as soon as they left, the gold mine was fine, but in the nearby villages, seventy or eighty families fled directly , divided into several roads and ran to the territory of the Guishan Army in East Ludong.

What's interesting is that these few families actually have horses, and there is no way to stop them.

Bing Yuanzheng is a local official in the Eastern Territory, of course he knew what was going on, and he was not prepared to stop him, but since he knew Zhang Xing's mentality, did he choose to turn back, because these seventy or eighty families are all The "rich households" in these villages take good care of their land grants, so they have to temporarily tell the locals to take care of the autumn harvest on their behalf.

It is okay for people to leave, but the crops in the field cannot be wasted.

After Zhang Xing listened to the narration, he still didn't mention Tang Bairen, the uninvited guest in the afternoon. He just encouraged a few people and discussed how to use both Enwei and Enwei in the county and other occupied areas of Lu County to quickly grasp the fundamentals and establish a foundation. Also separated from Bing Yuanzheng.

For several days in a row, everything was in turmoil.

There were similar troubles in Lu County and other counties. Zhang Xing sent Jia Yue, Wang Xiongdan, Zhou Xingfan, Wang Zhen, Shang Huaien and others to suppress them in turn;
Some local heroes were suddenly attracted by Bing Yuanzheng or other leaders, and Zhang Dalong met them kindly and appointed them;
Then Tang Bairen, the leader of Father Liang's Guishan Army, killed Liu Fan's former troops who had defected to him, and then Zhang Xing sent troops to meet him, but instead frightened the other party, he actually abandoned Liang Father County directly, and took five or six hundred confidants to go Fleeing to the east forced Zhang Xing to temporarily send Bing Yuanzheng to Liang's father as a town;

As soon as he turned around, Wang Shuyong marched rapidly, and within a few days, he penetrated Qi County. The battle report of Jibei area joining Cheng Zhili also came, and Zhang Xing thought for a while, and sent Jia Runshi to Qi County again;
While thinking about the situation, Wei Xuanding also moved to the Wenshui River Basin following the autumn harvest, but he was so busy that Zhang Xing simply asked Wang Xiongdan to send troops to assist him...

There are countless of these kinds.

In this way, the time came to the end of this month. Zhang Xing was considering whether to move to Father Liang, or transfer to the Zhixiaqiu area of ​​Lu County for inspection. The camera decided on the next plan, and suddenly received an indirect message saying yes Xiong Bonan came back, he wanted to come here to meet him, so he held it again, waiting for the Purple Faced Heavenly King to come.

However, that night, the heat was getting less and less, the moon was lacking and the stars were numerous, and cicadas were singing and insects were singing all around. Zhang Xing was holding a candle under the pavilion in the backyard of the county government office to "enjoy the coolness". You want to read the whole article, and suddenly noticed something strange.

Then, he looked at the opposite roof in surprise.

It was a very obvious fluctuation of true qi. After condensing the pill, not to mention flying or not, one of the most obvious feelings is that he has a clearer perception of the subtleties of this world, and the sensitivity of true qi is even more prominent.

"Brother Xian really has condensed pills."

A slightly unfamiliar voice sounded from behind the wall. "The world is in chaos, vitality is bursting, dragons and snakes are fighting for power, and heroes are rising together. It really should be on the Dragon Clan and you people!"

Zhang Xing was stunned for a moment, he really didn't remember who the other party was, but in this state, it seemed difficult to ask.

And just at this moment, the siege came, and in the distance, a more majestic fluctuation of true energy was revealed, and a purple streamer was particularly conspicuous in the night.

The man obviously stopped talking.

After a while, the purple-faced heavenly king Xiong Bonan appeared in front of the pavilion in the courtyard. He first gave Zhang Xinggong his hand, then turned his head to look in the direction of another person, raised his hand behind his back and asked, "That friend, do you really face me?" Since you are here, please meet me face to face."

Zhang Xing sighed, and took advantage of the situation to say: "It should be an old friend, before he had time to speak, King Xiongtian came."

"Where is the old man? It's clearly an acquaintance who is like a close brother." The man jumped lightly, like a crane flowing like a cloud, with an elegant posture, and landed in front of the two of them. The paper in front of Zhang Xing, ask seriously. "Does my brother have any poems?"

Zhang Xing took a deep breath, immediately pressed the manuscript on the table, and responded sincerely: "Brother Xie, since we parted from you, I have made up my mind to do less poetry and more work...just some ordinary articles."

The man nodded, then shook his head again: "It's a pity, it's a pity."

It turned out that this person was actually one of the only two masters of the Eight Great Families in the south of the Yangtze River, Xie Minghe nicknamed Liu Yunhe...but he didn't know why he was nervous, and suddenly came to Zhang Xing, the closest brother on the account...I can only say , After a battle, the prestige rose a little, and all kinds of monsters and monsters came out.

PS: I wish you all a happy Mid-Autumn Festival and a full moon.

good night.

(End of this chapter)